The registration of new vehicles in 2014 was 30,626. It showed slight decline in 2015 and 2016 with 30,549 and 30,174 vehiclesbeing registered respectively. The numbers showed a slight improvement in 2017 with 31,045 vehicles registered – an increase of 871 new registrations. Of the total vehicle registered in 2017, more than half – 17,032 – were twowheelers.

In order to exhibit the model stretches of national highways as per norms, NHAI plans to develop 57 stretches of NH (1,735 kms) across the length and breadth of the country near each state capital, the NHAI official said. These model stretches will serve as a platform to instruct the highway engineers.